For the past four years, Marvin Harper has had a great life. His wife loves him, his housekeeper loves him, he has a live-in harem, and he's famous to millions of Americans as the "hero billionaire."Only a few people know that Marvin is a genie-master, like Aladdin once was. Because Marvin is kind and unselfish, his genie Fatima actually gave him _more_ than he'd wished for, four years ago.But in the world are four other Vessels besides Fatima's lamp, and four other genies. Vinnie Lavagetto, a Mafia hit man, finds the lamp with big blue genie Kharmesh in it. Eventually Vinnie will become Marvin's sworn enemy--and Kharmesh has been Fatima's enemy for twenty-six centuries.But Marvin has another problem, one he doesn't know about.Long ago, six _djinn_ were put into Vessels as hostages, so that the three Tribes of _djinn_ would never fight the Djinn War. The Djinn War, had it happened, would have caused millions of human casualties. Geniefying six _djinn_ worked as a plan--the Djinn War was stopped before it started, and the Tribes have never fought since. But Hakeezib, Chief of the Blue Tribe of Djinn, has been spoiling for a fight since 632 B.C.
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